Community Futures
gets downto details

TERRACE — - The 16-37 Com-
munity Futures Committee has
voted unanimously to recom-

mend a consultant’s report —
‘Outlining the committee’s long-

range strategy to Employment
and Immigration Canada. Ac-
cording to committee chairman
Detlef Beck, they have’ spent

over a year and $43,000 of a

$100,000 development fund in
designing the strategy. The pro-
gram will be backed by an addi-

tional $1.5 million in federal

- diversified

funds to develop a “‘strong and
community-based
economy” in the Northwest.
-Beck says the main points in
the report call for the implemen-
tation of a Business Develop-

ment Centre, a self-employment |

incentive, a Community Initia-
tives fund, and the purchase of
job-related training at North-
west Community College. He

- gays that the combination of

these four strategies will add up

~ to “full and meaningful employ-

. Ment?’ for everyone by develop-

ing a diversified economy.
Beck explains that the

Business Development Centre

will provide counselling services
and up to $75,000 per applica-
tion in funding for new and ex-
panding businesses. He says the
report indicates that the North-

west is weak in entrepreneureal.

and management skills and the
Development Centre will offer

loans at a higher risk than “‘con-—
_ ventional’. lending institutions
‘in order to insure Northwest

ownership in. Northwest busi-
nesses. The borrower, he says,
would not necessarily need any
collateral.

The self-employment incen-
tive will ‘maintain or enhance”
the income of anyone on social
assistance or unemployment in-

_ surance who want.to start their

own business, says Beck. The
Community Initiatives fund of-

DETLEF BECK: Strong and
diversified community-based
economy.

fers $25 million nation-wide for
projects which will ‘‘enhance the
quality of life’’. The final initia-

- tive, the purchase of training,

will be carried out through the
local CEIC office and the com-
mittee will develop programs
which will help to. diversity the
Northwest economy.

Beck says that within a few
months, Community . Futures,

will be hiring a full-time co-"
ordinator to assist the committee .

in establishing the Business
Development Centre in Terrace
with an office, staff and com-
munications network. He adds
that the center is expected to
open next June, The coordinator
will also be organizing a. Com-
munity Economic Development
conference that will take place at
about the same time.

NWCC to cancel
summer programs

High operating expenses
coupled with low student de-
mand have prompted Northwest

- Community College to cancel its

continuous intake programs for

. the summer months. _
The college board approved

the recommendation from the

‘Administrative Advisory Com-

mittee. at a meeting Saturday.
College. president Dr. Val

.George told the board that all

students. registered in the pro-
grams .— primarily vocational

trades, adult basic education

and a few business programs —

will have gone through the
courses before July 1 when the
closure takes effect.

George. explained that the

courses attract ‘only a hand-
‘ful’? of students during the sum-
mer and cost the college more

"than $50,000 to operate, with

the .main expense being payroll
for substitute teachers.

The Administrative Advisory |
Committee also recommended

that a full time instructor of

native studies be hired, but, the

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‘board requested further infor-

mation and tabled the issue.
The board also tabled a re-

quest from the committee to |

create a position for a full time
director of social service and
health programs, again request-
ing further information. George
‘agreed to prepare a summary for
the board’s January meeting.

‘In a subsequent interview,

George denied that the new posi-

tion was related to the recent

resignations: by members of. the

nursing program faculty. He
stated that the position had been

under consideration for a num- _

ber of months.

| With - regard to the sudden
resignations two weeks ago by. |

the nursing program coordinat-
or and two instructors, George
said, “I don’t think it would be

‘productive to comment in the

public press at this time.”
George said the college is con-

‘cerned about the students in the
program, but classes are contin- .
uing and new staff being sought.

Pop .

Part of the enjoyment during a recent young leadership course for local scouts included
learning some of the scouting rituals like the “Prairie Flower Dance”. Scouts Say it's an ef-

fective technique for finding lost objects.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 14, 1988 17

Scouts enjoy leadership course

Contributed by

Eric Harkonen
The Terrace Boy Scout
District put on a youth leader-
ship training course for Cubs
and Scouts on Nov. 4 and 5.

Boys were trained in fire lighting
and campfire procedure, and
how to work with younger sec-
tion in the Scouting Movement,
as a general part of the camp’s
course.

The course had individual s sec-

Christmas bird count
set for Boxing Day

The annual Christmas bird
count, one of the more energetic
hotiday activities in the Terrace
area, is scheduled to take place
this year on Dec. 26.

Terrace is one of more than
2,500 locations in North, Cen-
tral and South America that
participate in the National Au-
dubon Society’s avian census.

Reporting areas run from Vene-

zuela to the Northwest Terri-
tories and Hawaii to the Carib-
bean islands. The information is
compiled and published in the

Christmas Bird Count issue of
American, Birds magazine,
whose editors organize and run

the event.
‘ Diane Weismiller, organizer
for the Terrace bird count, says

that last year 13 local observers
spotted a total of 68 species of
birds within a 15-mile radius of
Terrace. The count was unusual-
ly high: Weismiller says the av-
erage is 42.

Last year’s high count came in
from the Atlantic area of the
Panama Canal Zone, with 351
species. The 1988 bird count will
be the 88th year for the event.

-The information compiled will

be used by scientists to deter-.
mine early winter distribution
patterns for many bird species.

‘Anyone interested in partici-
pating in this year’s event is
invited to phone Diane Weismil-
ler at 635-6984 for further infor-
‘mation,

tion time, which meant that the

boys were split up into their sec-
tion groups and trained in the
duties of sixer, seconder and
patrol leader, and assistant
patrol leader. During this time
for example, the Scouts learned
how to run a patrol and what
they should do as patrol leaders
and how to make the patrol
work together. The Scout law

and promise were also discussed .

in length. The group. also learn-
ed how to participate in a leap-

up ceremony from Cubs to.

Scouts.
Cubs learned similar things
which included how to lead the

grand howl properly. On Satur- '

day night there was an official

‘campfire held where boys put on

skits and sang songs. The
following morning there was a
Scouts’ own and afterwards a
hands-on training session on
flag ceremonies. Boys and
leaders who attended were given
certificates at the end of the
camp.

-.Fun was had by all and the
food was good. There were more
than 60 boys and their leaders
from Terrace in attendance and
about nine trainers.

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